
By a Thread
Elemental Assassin, Book 6
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Narrated by:
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Lauren Fortgang
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By:
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Jennifer Estep
About this listen
"When killing people is your job, there’s no such thing as a vacation. Then again, how often does an assassin live long enough to enjoy her retirement? In this line of work, you either get lucky or you get dead. And since I destroyed my nemesis, Mab Monroe, a few weeks ago, all of Ashland’s lowlifes are gunning to make a name for themselves by taking out the lethal Spider—me, Gin Blanco.
"So I’m leaving behind my beloved barbecue joint and heading south with my baby sister, Bria, to cool my heels in a swanky beach town. Call it a weekend of fun in the sun. But when a powerful vampire with deadly elemental magic threatens an old friend of Bria’s, it looks like I’ll have to dig my silverstone knives out of my suitcase after all.
"Complicating matters further is the reappearance of Detective Donovan Caine, my old lover. But Donovan is the least of my problems. Because this time, the danger is hot on my trail, and not even my elemental Ice and Stone magic may be enough to save me from getting buried in the sand—permanently."
©2012 Jennifer Estep (P)2012 Audible, Inc.Critic reviews
All follows the usual path. Nice bit of backstory about Gin and Bria's developing relationship - also Donovan gets to be himself again though I find his character a bit hard to believe.
Laurens narration is just fine - nothing special but it doesn't detract from the book.
I enjoyed it and will listen to the next one in a few weeks but its not got much of a wow factor
More of the same
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The story line is basically the same as the first five books (Gin fights baddy, nearly dies, is healed by Jojo and returns to triumph over the baddy in the end) BUT it also spends time developing Gin's relationships with Bria, Owen and Donovan. Each of those relationships is sorted out, and most of the big storyline questions are answered, so I felt this book was a very satisfactory end to Gin's story and I'm glad I bought it. I feel like I've left her and the other main characters all sorted out and happy, and for me that's the end of this series. Even though there's something like another 15 books I now have no need, or desire, to listen to any more in this series.
A satisfying end to Gin's story
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getting repetitive
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Repeats story
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very enjoyable
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Strong female characters are always welcome for me.
The stupidity of her ex is classic and realistic for some men that think they can get away with that sort of treatment. But this was too heavily emphasised in the story. Raking over old ground.
The Bad
Every male character either wants to rape her, kill her, or be her boy friend. Its just too much!
Not only is there nothing new in this story in the series but it is not even entertaining as a story in and of itself.
The story is too lurid! Too many sexually explicit scenes for my liking.
Poor prose style, there's little of technical merit here. Quite clunky writing.
The Narrator
Too slow and too nasal - which grates after a while.
Summary
I decided to revisit this series after quite some time and was disappointed with this particular book. I will download a previous book in the series and see if it is as bad as this one. It is possible that my taste has changed since I last listened to them or maybe this one is a dud.
This one's a dud!
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Not sure about this one
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